REQ: Text to txt converter

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My daughter has just asked me to start mailing her in sms type
language:

eg: I love you; you are great... becomes i luv u, u r gr8

Tomorrow I will search for an app to make this easy for me, I assume
there should be something about under 200kb that will do it easily.

In the meantime: does anyone know of one that they can recommend from
personal use?

Thanks... er, thx.
 
jo said:
My daughter has just asked me to start mailing her in sms type
language:

eg: I love you; you are great... becomes i luv u, u r gr8

Tomorrow I will search for an app to make this easy for me, I assume
there should be something about under 200kb that will do it easily.

In the meantime: does anyone know of one that they can recommend from
personal use?

Thanks... er, thx.
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I did a quick Google on the subject and as I couldn't find anything that
fast, it struck me: an editor with autocorrect ability (working it
backwards). Notetab Lite can do this: http://www.notetab.com/
HTH,
 
jo said:
My daughter has just asked me to start mailing her in sms type
language:

eg: I love you; you are great... becomes i luv u, u r gr8
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And they wonder why Janey can't read...
 
My daughter has just asked me to start mailing her in sms type
language:

eg: I love you; you are great... becomes i luv u, u r gr8

Tomorrow I will search for an app to make this easy for me, I assume
there should be something about under 200kb that will do it easily.

In the meantime: does anyone know of one that they can recommend from
personal use?

Thanks... er, thx.
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Don't know of a program, but you may find the SMS Dictionary of some
help. As far as the lingo is concerned.
 
My daughter has just asked me to start mailing her in sms type
language:

eg: I love you; you are great... becomes i luv u, u r gr8

Tomorrow I will search for an app to make this easy for me, I assume
there should be something about under 200kb that will do it easily.

In the meantime: does anyone know of one that they can recommend from
personal use?
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A slap around the head. Tell her you actually went to school and had an
education. Tell her you refuse to take any notice of sent in anything
other than plain English.
 
Conor said:
A slap around the head. Tell her you actually went to school and had an
education. Tell her you refuse to take any notice of sent in anything
other than plain English.
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Why? She is eleven years old and reads, writes and speaks Welsh and
English perfectly. Her Welsh spelling is perfect; her English spelling
leaves a bit to be desired but is improving by the month. She knows
some French and a smattering of Japanese.
Unlike English layabout children who only take three SAT's, she took
four and got first grade in three and second in one (Welsh).

If she now wants to learn SMS speak, I see no reason to get all
educashunally purist with her.
 
Night2000 said:
Don't know of a program, but you may find the SMS Dictionary of some
help. As far as the lingo is concerned.
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Yep. Thanks.

Still no program though :-(

This is odd, I expected there to be one; I know of an app that will
translate English into l337 speak...
 
Why? She is eleven years old and reads, writes and speaks Welsh and
English perfectly. Her Welsh spelling is perfect; her English spelling
leaves a bit to be desired but is improving by the month.
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Well sending messages using "SMS speak" isn't going to help her
spelling improve is it? You've just said it leaves a bit to be desired
but here you are advocating the use of something that'll not help one
bit in a task that'll probably be the most useful for teaching her as
she finds it enjoyable.
If she now wants to learn SMS speak, I see no reason to get all
educashunally purist with her.
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I do...her future. Her application forms and letters are going to be
read by people who don't use SMS speak and who regard the inability to
spell simple words as the sign of a muppet. A good example is the word
"loser". I have lost count the number of times that I have seen someone
spell it "looser". Kids today have abysmal standards of spelling and
grammar.
 
Conor said:
Well sending messages using "SMS speak" isn't going to help her
spelling improve is it? You've just said it leaves a bit to be desired
but here you are advocating the use of something that'll not help one
bit in a task that'll probably be the most useful for teaching her as
she finds it enjoyable.
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The second sentence reads desperately clumsily and would benefit from
a few commas, if not a complete re working.
I do...her future. Her application forms and letters are going to be
read by people who don't use SMS speak and who regard the inability to
spell simple words as the sign of a muppet. A good example is the word
"loser". I have lost count the number of times that I have seen someone
spell it "looser". Kids today have abysmal standards of spelling and
grammar.
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The ellipsis should be followed by a space. I assume there is a word
missing between "count" and "the".

Muppet.
 
jo wrote:
-snip-
I have no idea what you mean... :-)
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You can define "typos" within the application, which, whenever
encountered, will be automatically changed (corrected) by the
application. I think it might be possible to set this up so that
whenever you type in a proper word or textstring, it would be changed to
SMSish, e.g, "later" -> "l8r", "you are great" -> "u r gr8". Then you
could write up your e-mail in this app and cut-and-paste into your mail
client.

If you don´t like this approach you might want to look at AllChars,
which is a string replacement utility (and a very good one too) from
http://allchars.zwolnet.com
 
jo said:
The second sentence reads desperately clumsily and would benefit from
a few commas, if not a complete re working.
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Not really. One comma tops. But it still pales into insignificance when
someone cannot spell simple four or five letter words correctly.
The ellipsis should be followed by a space. I assume there is a word
missing between "count" and "the".
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Tends to happen when your mind thinks faster than your fingers can
react.
 
Conor said:
Not really. One comma tops. But it still pales into insignificance when
someone cannot spell simple four or five letter words correctly.



Tends to happen when your mind thinks faster than your fingers can
react.
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& th winr iz jo
 
A. Killes said:
You can define "typos" within the application, which, whenever
encountered, will be automatically changed (corrected) by the
application. I think it might be possible to set this up so that
whenever you type in a proper word or textstring, it would be changed to
SMSish, e.g, "later" -> "l8r", "you are great" -> "u r gr8". Then you
could write up your e-mail in this app and cut-and-paste into your mail
client.

If you don´t like this approach you might want to look at AllChars,
which is a string replacement utility (and a very good one too) from
http://allchars.zwolnet.com
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Ah, I see.

This is a good idea, but is a bit demanding of me inasmuch as it
requires me to go off and learn some of this drivel.

And finally I have found an online translation site so am happy now

This:

"hello sweetie. you are the best little girl in the world and I love
you loads."

Comes out as:

"hi hunny. YATB 8:-) n D wrld +I LY lds."

http://www.lingo2word.com/translate.php

That will teach the little brat... she won't have a clue what I am on
about. :-)
 
jo said:
A. Killes wrote: [...]
Ah, I see.

This is a good idea, but is a bit demanding of me inasmuch as it
requires me to go off and learn some of this drivel.

And finally I have found an online translation site so am happy now

This:

"hello sweetie. you are the best little girl in the world and I love
you loads."

Comes out as:

"hi hunny. YATB 8:-) n D wrld +I LY lds."

http://www.lingo2word.com/translate.php

That will teach the little brat... she won't have a clue what I am on
about. :-)
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QL fnd!
 
wessie said:
Send me the dictionary and I will create the tool.
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I'd certainly like the tool. AFAICS there is no downloadable
dictionary, but many online dictionary sites findable by googling for
"sms dictionary".
And I found one online translation site, referenced earlier in the
thread.
 
My daughter has just asked me to start mailing her in sms
type language:

eg: I love you; you are great... becomes i luv u, u r gr8
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Hey, interesting language :-) I have no bad feeling about the
SMS language. Yet, I think if I made this request when I was a
kid to my dad, I guess he would just tell me nicely that he
doesn't know the language and still send me emails in ordinary
language. I would have to read it anyway; and in fact it is
really not bad for the kid to have a chance to read more
"proper English". She might learn more spelling that way then
other kids would and will be good for her in the future.

I guess we are raising kids very differently now...we all try
to do everything the kids want and ask - well...





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R. L. said:
I would have to read it anyway; and in fact it is
really not bad for the kid to have a chance to read more
"proper English".
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I think she is perhaps feeling in competition with her grandmother who
is 70, has a first class degree, and whose text messages are
incomprehensible to anyone without access to a sms dictionary.
 
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